iTunes is the world's easiest way to organize and add to your digital media collection.

We are unable to find iTunes on your computer. To download and subscribe to Background Briefing with Ian Masters by Ian Masters, get iTunes now.

Already have iTunes? Click I Have iTunes to open it now.

Background Briefing with Ian Masters

By Ian Masters

To listen to an audio podcast, mouse over the title and click Play. Open iTunes to download and subscribe to podcasts.

Description

BACKGROUND BRIEFING:
A radio program featuring international and national news, expert guests, policy makers, and critics offering analysis and insight on national security, foreign and domestic policy, political, cultural, and social issues.
Five days a week, Background Briefing asks knowledgeable and thoughtful experts to explain the complexities behind major news stories in long-format interviews.
Background Briefing goes far beyond the headlines and deep under the radar to bring forward truths unheard elsewhere in American media.
The program airs Monday-Thursday at 5:00 PM Pacific Time and on Sundays from 11:00 to Noon.
Broadcast live on http://www.kpfk.org
IAN MASTERS:
Ian Masters is an Australian-born and BBC-trained journalist and filmmaker. He has made a career of asking provocative questions of the most informed thinkers in order to bring light to the day's most important news stories. Since 1980 his Sunday program, Background Briefing, has aired on KPFK-FM in Los Angeles. In 2009, the program expanded to five days each week.
In addition to his work on radio, Ian Masters hosts monthly forums at Los Angeles's UCLA/Hammer Museum. The Hammer Forum invites prominent and provocative guests to address relevant issues of public concern in conversation with each other and the public. All events are free and open to the public. Videocasts are available at http://hammer.ucla.edu/programs/programs/cat/7.

CleanAugust 9 - Puerto Rican Government Admits 1427 Died From Hurricane Maria Not the 16 Trump Claimed; Nunes Protects Trump Over Defending the Constitution; How the Birthplace of Progressive Politics Became a Laboratory for Billionaire and Corporate Interes

CleanAugust 7 - Special Congressional Election in Ohio a Referendum on Trump; 43% of Republicans Want Trump to Shut Down Media They Don't Like; Trump Blames California Wildfires on Water Flowing into the Ocean

CleanAugust 6 - Trump's Regime Change Plan for Iran Will Backfire; Trump Tweets Himself Into More Legal Jeopardy; How the Republicans Shut Down the Most Successful Minority Voter Registration Organization

CleanAugust 5 - An Assassination Attempt on Venezuela's Beleaguered President; A Matter of Time Before a Journalist is Attacked or Killed By a Trump Supporter; Jared Kushner's Bad Vanity Purchase Bailed Out By Qatari Investors

CleanAugust 1 - Trump's Tweet to the AG to Shut Down Mueller "Right Away"; Manafort is Likely at the Heart of Trump's Collusion with Russia; A Book on the Frightening Parallels Between Hitler's Rise and Trump's America Today

CleanJuly 31 - Trump Appears Unaware His Own Government Made 3D Plastic Guns Available to Anyone and Everyone; North Korea Builds New ICBM's Making a Joke of Trump's Promises; Trump Disses the Koch Brothers

CleanJuly 29 - The Person Who Brought Down Nixon on the Cohen Tapes; 100 Days Out: Winning for the Democrats Is Not Enough; An Expert Analysis of Why Wildfires Are Raging in California and Around the World

Customer Reviews

3 great guests and discussions

by
HarlenePilar

Every day Ian Masters takes on three top stories and gets great guests-authors, policymakers, intellectuals, entrepreneurs, etc. It’s a very compelling hour of radio and gets deeper into the heart of issues than typical journalistic “this side/that side” debates that go nowhere. I love this show.

Excellent in-depth analysis

by
RA1815

Ian Masters is a thoughtful, intelligent and highly capable host. His selection of guests is also excellent. This show is very highly recommended for anyone who wants an in-depth look at major world events.

Best there is... Understand what's going on without the hype

by
rgdud

If you want to understand what is going on in the world listen to this program!